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English Dictionary: black and white	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for black and white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
black and white adj not having or not capable of producing colors; "black- and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white" Synonym(s): black-and-white, black and white(p) Antonym(s): color, colour n communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) Synonym(s): written communication, written language, black and white a black-and-white photograph or slide Synonym(s): black and white, monochrome
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White \White\, n. 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. Finely attired in a of white. --Shak. 2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. 3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. --Shak. 4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men. 5. A white pigment; as, Venice white. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under {Cabbage}. {Black and white}. See under {Black}. {Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack}, {Paris}, etc. {White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2. {White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. --Parr. {White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak. 2. A black pigment or dye. 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. 4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon. That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North. 5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K. Digby. 6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. --Rowley. {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color. {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}.